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Leners Pawn No. 100,611, dated Mwah s, 18'70.

` IMPRovnMENT `IN coMBINED HAY-KNIIVE AND PRUNING-Hoox.

To (all, whom it 'may concern:`

ABe it known that I, DANIEL EASIG, of Rowsbury, in the 'county of Ashland, and State of Ohio, have invented a new and valuable Improvement in Hay|v Knife and Pruneryand I doherebydedare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the construction and operation of the same, reference being had tothe annexed drawings making a part of this specification, and to the letters 4and ligures of refer- Fignre 1 of thedrawings is a edge view of my invention. l

My invention has relation to means for cutting hay i n-the mow or stack, which may also he used as'means p for pruning trees; `andl ltconsists mainly in a novel arrangement and conf struction of devices intended for use for either or both of said purposes. i p i t 4 A ofthe drawings repres its the hay or pruningt It consists of a long bar or `plate-of steel Vor iron having a circular edge, as 'shown at c, with a sharp spur at d and an open `triangular interior, B.

l 'lhe upper end ofthis knife proper is formed in the shape of a ring, and `is bent to the right on anangle t of about forty degrees, more or less, with the line of the knife, to` provide for attaching the handle, as herenafter mentioned. This inclined ring is marked E on the drawings.

The' Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent `and making' part of the s'ame.

The letter it represents a pi, firmly attached. t-o the knife-shank at the point, shown. It serves as aY foot-rest to aid in forcing the knife into the hay, and

also asan aid in attaching the handle to the shank of the knife.

`H represents a wooden handle, adapted for attachment to the shank of the knife bypassing its lower end throughthe ring E, in which it is made secure by the screw s, and also by passing the small opening 4near its point over the pin a, in the manner shown on the drawings.

For the purpose-of cutting hay, the handle H may v be dispensed with; but for cutting the limbs of tall Witnesses:

J. l. VAN NnsT S. H. FAiLon. 

